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Machine actions

Causes

Solutions

 

Milk does not froth.

The milk dispensing spout has not

Check that the milk dispensing spout has

 

 

been pulled out

been pulled out correctly up to the “

 

 

 

 

icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The carafe has not been correctly

Make sure the wand is correctly inserted.

 

reassembled or with all its compo-

All its components have to be correctly

 

 

nents.

reassembled, as described in the “Weekly

 

 

cleaning of the Milk Carafe” section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The machine takes a long

The machine circuit is clogged by

Descale the machine.

 

time to warm up or the

limescale.

 

 

 

 

amount of water dispensed

 

 

 

 

 

from the wand is too little.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The brew group cannot be

The brew group is out of place.

Turn the machine on. Close the service

 

removed.

 

door. The brew group automatically

 

 

 

returns to the initial position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The coffee grounds drawer is

Remove the coffee grounds drawer

 

 

inserted.

before removing the brew group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is too much ground

The coffee used may not be suitable

It may be necessary to change the type of

coffee under or over the

for automatic machines.

coffee or the coffee grinder settings (see

 

brew group.

 

“Adjusting the Ceramic Coffee Grinder”

 

 

 

chapter).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The machine is adjusting the coffee

The machine automatically adjusts itself

 

 

grinder for a new kind of coffee

after brewing several cups of coffee to

 

 

beans or pre-ground coffee.

optimise the extraction in relation to the

 

 

 

compactness of the ground coffee.

 

 

 

It may be necessary to brew 2 or 3

 

 

 

products for the coffee grinder to adjust

 

 

 

completely.

 

 

 

This is not a malfunction of the machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The machine produces too Adjust the coffee grinder. humid or too dry coffee

grounds.

Adjusting the ceramic coffee grinder af- fects the quality of residues.

If the residues are too humid, set a coarser grind.

If the residues are too dry, set a finer grind.

Refer to the “Adjusting the Ceramic Coffee Grinder” chapter.

The machine grinds the coffee beans but no coffee is brewed (see note).

There is no water.

Fill the water tank and prime the circuit

 

(see the "Manual Rinse Cycle" chapter).

 

 

The brew group is dirty.

Clean the brew group (see the "Weekly

 

Cleaning of the Brew Group" chapter).

 

 

This might occur when the machine

Brew a few coffees as described in chap-

is automatically adjusting the dose.

ter “Saeco Adapting System”.

 

 

The dispensing spout is dirty.

Clean the dispensing spout.

 

 

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